[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ Ping

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[Mad Dawg]

To Salvation and all the brethren:

I hope your Lent has been shot through with powerful graces.

Now we draw near to the great descent of Holy Week. We can think, perhaps, of an athlete crouching, flexing strong legs before he springs up to great heights: first down, then up.

So our Lord stooped past humiliation and torture, right into the deepest parts of Death’s realm. There he took on his shoulders all of us, dead or weak in sin. From there, to the consternation of demons and the wonder of angels, he leaps into life beyond life, a life so lively that the dead live and all creation sings.

With eyes fixed on him, we descend. With eyes fixed on him, we will also rise. The walls now close in. Light fades, shadows deepen. The way seems hidden. Follow him. All we be well.